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Friday, May 25, 2007

Please pray!

While I am freezing - sitting at my computer - Rich I'm sure is rather hot in Fiji... What different worlds we're in at the moment - in more than one way!

Rich is doing well, although he's starting to get tired from his full program. He called me today just before taking off to more meetings with Pastors (he had 6 hours with Pastors yesterday). He and John were going to take a taxi for the 1 1/2 hr ride to where the meeting was, the taxi driver was going to wait for them (hopefully not a 6-hour meeting!) and then drive them back. And all this for $100 (about US$70-80, I think) - which, by the way, needs to be paid by us, since we have to cover all of Rich's travel costs.

Now this is definitely not Plan A as far as transport is concerned.

A few months ago, 2 much needed vehicles were sent off to Fiji from New Zealand. One of them was supposed to be on the island of Vanua Levu, which is where Rich is at the moment, where it was supposed to get used for the facilitators etc.

HOWEVER - since the military coup, things have changed in Fiji and even non-profit organization are no longer excempt from horrendous import taxes for cars.

There is no way that IWT can pay what is being asked for the vehicles to get released from customs. Lots of effort - and prayer - has gone into trying to get them released, but to no avail.

Hey, could you please join us in prayer for favor and the quick release of the 2 vehicles! This is really important so that "we" can function with all the work that needs to get done in Fiji! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

Kampala

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About Me

During my last 34 years in missions, I have lived a different life, intense, purposeful, rewarding and oftentimes exhausting.
I am passionate - about God, life, family, orphans, adoption and missions.
I love my life as a lover of Jesus, wife, mother and missionary!
Our family has been living in New Zealand for 12 years now and we love it!
It is my dream to be able to make a difference in the lives of orphans - here, in Africa and wherever else God will lead, one at a time or by the thousands...
Besides our 4 amazing biological children Nathalie (27), Jeremie (25), Leilani (21), Kylie (13), we've taken on a beautiful foster child - Shayden (10) permanently.
We also have a Ugandan son, Richard junior (27) who we met for the first time in 2010 (after sponsoring him for years) and a Ugandan daughter Praise (30) who I met and fell in love with during a trip to Uganda in 2011. Herenui (39) and Maitua (38) have also been part of our family for many years years now - since we met them as orphaned teenagers in French Polynesia. We are blessed with an international family and loving it!